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League City City Council to consider library committee’s vote to relocate a children’s book

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Rachel Leland

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Published August 26, 2024 at 12:41 p.m. CT

League City City Council to consider library committee’s vote to relocate a children’s book — League City City Council will consider whether to affirm or reject a library standards review committee’s vote to move a children’s book to the library’s parenting section. (Courtesy Shutterstock)

League City City Council will consider whether to affirm or reject a library standards review committee’s vote to move a children’s book to the library’s parenting section.

What you need to know

On Aug. 27, City Council will discuss and either vote to reject or affirm The Community Standards Review Advisory Committee’s vote to move “Big Wig” by Jonathan Hillman to a higher shelf in Helen Hall Library, thus only allowing adults to check the book out.

The committee, founded in February 2023 to review books League City residents flag as offensive or inappropriate, voted on July 31 to relocate the book. Only two of the committee’s six members were present for the vote.

City Council was originally going to consider the issue at its Aug. 13 meeting but chose to postpone both the discussion and vote until a later date.

What else?

“Big Wig” is the first library book the committee has voted to relocate. Previously, the committee considered relocating another book, Granddad’s Pride, but voted against moving it.